October 5, 2012

Rock The Water CD Released on Alexander Keiths Birthday

Well, today is the day folks! It’s OFFICIAL.  Rock The Water is now available worldwide (digital only for now)! Physical CD’s will be ready soon.

Thought it would be fun, as the last song on the Album is called Alexander Keith, to release it on his Birthday for all those folks I love on the East Coast. Happy Birthday Alexander Keith!!!

I’ll do a lengthier post soon with people to thank, studio stories, etc, but just wanted to break the news.

You can stream it FREE here: https://raito.ca/songs/
Here is the iTunes link: http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/rock-the-water/id567759212

Rock The Water and have a great long weekend coming up!!!

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September 23, 2012

Leaked Song-To The Moon And Back

To celebrate the birth of my niece today and picking up my MASTER COPY of Rock The Water, I have decided to leak  the first song on the album called To The Moon & Back.  A song about what you put into love…. just seems ever so  right for the occasion!

I hope you enjoy the 70’s organ vibe in the bridge, the lyrics penned with my heart and the three guitar parts I loved every minute of recording!!!

Should have physical CD’s ready in the next 2-3 weeks and an official release date for ya soon!

Here is To The Moon And Back:

 

Cheers,

Lee

PS. Today was a GREAT day. My niece was born, an album was born and … I’m as excited as $%&^ that YOU are actually reading this and listening to my music 🙂

 

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September 22, 2012

CD Release Date Coming Soon

FULL ALBUM #ROCKTHEWATER  HAS BEEN MASTERED & SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS!!!

It seems like yesterday I picked up the guitar for the first time.  For years I was just the ‘guitarist’, and I was always happy with that, but behind closed doors, from day one, I was writing songs and singing (when nobody could hear me of course). Ha… I still like to write in the bathroom 🙂  I always thought I sucked. Even to this day, it is hard to listen to my own songs with out being overly judgmental about  not sounding like some of my favorite artists; Foo Fighters, John Mayer, Eric Clapton, etc.

Today it HIT me! Who cares!!!!! I’m an artist and I sound like ME!

I just scheduled a meeting Sunday night to go review my mastered album, with Polyphonic Mastering Labs,  before I release it to the world. 8 songs that I wrote (should have been 10 but that’s another story). 8 songs that will soon  be on every digital site online and a physical  CD that will be my first, but not last, attempt at exposing my songs to the world in hopes that they will live long beyond what ever time I am granted on this planet! At the time of recording these songs they were the best I had in me. Today, I realize by recording Rock The Water it was just a spark igniting a flame. It has resulted in the inspiration for so many new songs I can’t begin to describe…

Thanks again to Scott Pinder, of Polyphonic Mastering Labs,   for mastering my album Rock The Water and as well to producer & engineer Len Milne for making this possible!

Stay tuned! CD release date is coming REAL REAL soon!

Cheers,

Lee

PS.  I may release the album on Oct. 5th (Alexander Keith’s Birthday) ….thoughts?  

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September 11, 2012

Rock The Water Album Art Contest Winner

150 hours in studio DONE= 8 Songs (+2 for Second Album 🙂

148 album art designs…contest  DONE= 1 Winning Album Cover (Congrats George Weis of Tekeme Studios)

Finishing what you started=PRICELESS

CD Release  & long list of people to thank COMING VERY soon.

Rock The Water ~ Album Art

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September 9, 2012

The Final Round- Rock The Water Album Art Contest

The final round of the album art contest ends Tuesday. The final designers have been chosen, their digital pencils have been sharpened and with your help I will pick the final winning design for Rock The Water soon!

You can see the designs HERE and even vote for your favorites or share your thoughts in my poll.

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September 4, 2012

Album Art Contest

Contest Is Now CLOSED to New Entries.

Hello Digital Graphics Genius,

Who: Is it you? Are you the one?

What: Design Contest -Kick Ass Album Art Design & Band Logo

Why: Cuz you’ll win hundreds of dollars of cash, exposure and well… Um, I need album art 🙂

Where: This contest and all details to enter are here: Raito Album Art Contest

When: This contest ends Monday, September 10th/2012

My favorite album cover of all time is Van Halen’s 1984 album. But… Don’t let that sway your creative genius!

The album will be called “Rock The Water”

Again, all the details can be found here: Raito Album Art Contest

Thank you! for your dark and deep creative genius!!!

Cheers,

Lee

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August 20, 2012

To The Moon & Back Last Studio Session

Yaaaaa!!!!! One more studio tracking session coming up this week at Bedside an this album is a wrap. The last song is called To The Moon & Back…can’t wait for everyone to hear it!!!

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August 12, 2012

Video Songwriting ~ Fly In The Sky

Working on a new song called Fly In The Sky. Recorded a short video for ya….

http://youtu.be/HvbYEEUUMcg

 

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August 6, 2012

Help Name This Album & iPhone 5 Contest

I’m back from my one week of being ‘unplugged’ and just yesterday picked up semi-final mixes of all but 1 song on the album. Yep ~ only one night left for tracking in the studio then this puppy goes off to get mastered!!!!!!!!!!!!

Still so much to do and I need your HELP.

1. Naming rights for this album are still up for grabs. Anyone who comes up with the name for this album will earn digital & print credit. You interested?

2. Pick Up The Phone single ( still need a iPhone 5 or equivalent competitive sponsor) for part of the kick ass contest we have planned come this Fall to promote the album release. If you know of a local cell phone contact who needs exposure please introduce them.

3. Album Art ( 1 Juno winning designer has already agreed to take a stab at the design) Will be sending him the bed tracks in the next 2 weeks.

4. Digital distribution, Contacting Press, CBC Music, Tunecore, iTunes, etc……

Lastly, here is a pic I took on holidays ‘The Calm After The Storm” that will keep me relaxed and focused on getting this all done.

Thanks for all your help.

 

 

 

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July 29, 2012

The Art of Unplugging

To stay creative and in touch with reality these days… DANG, in my opinion,  you just have to step away for a bit from the internet, smart phones, iPAds, Facebook and the myriad of other brain sucking tunnel vision technology that we all have been dealing with  this past decade!

Tomorrow at Noon, I say goodbye to technology for a week; NO phones, NO internet…. just life!!!  Other than keeping my digital camera ready to catch video or amazing still images for later digital consumption of course 🙂

DURING  MY UNPLUGGED WEEK “Please, I need your help!” As I posted on Facebook yesterday, I’m having a hell of a time nailing down a name for this debut album. Any ‘name’ suggestions  you can come up with are more than appreciated… they will earn you an album credit and a secret surprise I have been dreaming up.

So please post your ideas for the album name in the comments below…

Here are the song names (in NO particular order) to get your juices flowing:

Rock The Water
Three Guitars
The River Runs
Mr. Maker
One & The Same
Alexander Keith
To The Moon & Back
Pick Up The Phone

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